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Cybercriminals phone it in

The mobile phone provides additional customer security for financial transactions. Either by voice or text, banks–in real time–may question account holders about large transfers of funds, potentially stopping fraud in process. While attending a recent public-private summit for the financial services industry, however, I heard of several ways that criminals are using the financial services’ [...]

May 18, 2010   Posted in: ATM PIN, ATM machines, call center fraud, security, skimming  No Comments

Microsoft SMB patch addresses 3 flaws

Today Microsoft issued a patch that resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol, a protocol used for sharing files, printers, serial ports, and other communications.
MS09-001 is rated by Microsoft as critical, its highest rating, for users running Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003, and moderate, its second highest [...]

January 13, 2009   Posted in: Defense in Depth, Patch Tuesday, Robert Vamosi, microsoft, remote code execution, security  No Comments

HBGary announces FastDump Pro for physical memory investigations

HBGary, a computer security firm in Scramento, California, today announced FastDump Pro, the first memory acquisition software to offer 32- and 64-bit support for all supported versions of Windows with more than 4 gigabytes of RAM. FastDump Pro allows organizations and investigators to preserve and analyze physical memory snapshots of 32- and 64-bit editions [...]

January 13, 2009   Posted in: Greg Hoglund, HBGary, Robert Vamosi, cybercrime, forensics, investigations, physical memory, security  No Comments

Emergency IE patch due today

On Wednesday, Microsoft will issue an emergency, out-of-cycle security bulletin for a critical flaw affecting all versions of Internet Explorer.
The bulletin is in response to a growing threat. Since the first week in December, the AZN Trojan has been exploiting a known flaw in IE. Visitors to infected Web sites could become infected with a [...]

December 17, 2008   Posted in: AZN Trojan, Animated Cursor, Patch Tuesday, RPC, Robert Vamosi, Trojan horse, Windows, internet explorer, malware, microsoft, out-of-cycle, security, vulnerablity  No Comments

Scams top predictions for ID theft in 2009

Real estate scams and credit card scams will top the ways ID thieves will attempt to steal personal information in 2009, warned the ID Theft Resource Center (ITRC) on Tuesday in its annual predictions for the upcoming year.
The center’s Linda Foley said in a statement that as people find themselves strapped for cash and falling [...]

December 16, 2008   Posted in: ATM machines, Defense in Depth, ID Theft Resource Center, ID fraud, ITRC, Robert Vamosi, credit card scams, cybercrime, hacking, linda foley, real estate scams, security, skimming  No Comments